BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 6. The transportation of passengers of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC from January through June 2023 amounted to about 3.2 million people, the company told Trend.
This indicator increased by 52 percent compared to the same period last year.
"Thus, about 3.1 million people were transported only on the Absheron Circular line, which is 47 percent higher compared to the period from January through June 2022. Passenger traffic on intercity lines amounted to 125,772 people. On the Baku - Gabala - Baku route, launched from March 18 this year, 9,704 people were transported," the press service of the CJSC added.
Passenger traffic in Azerbaijan exceeded 742.8 million people from January through May, which is 19 percent higher in comparison with the period from January through May 2022.
Most of the passengers (87.1 percent) were transported by auto transport, 12.4 percent - by metro, 0.5 percent - by other means of transport.